Apparatus for delivering concrete and other material.



APPARATUS FOR DELI /ERHJG CONCREYE MJD QHEH APPucmlou FILED NGV. 3. 19m.

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of the hors may constitute one track onirico@ CHRISTOBHEJB 1.57. LETJ'ALLEY Al'D SAMUEL ,Sl-T AFER, JEL.. OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN,

ASSIGNORS TO GHB? TION CCE VISCR'SIN APERATUS DELVENG GONCBETE frlll'l @ETHER MATELAL.

Lzooeeo specimen@ of retten eaten-t. Qotented Juno i9, i917;

Application fle November E, 19M. Serial No. '?G,l10

To all whom t may foncer/1L:

Be it knovfn that We, @nnisrornnn ldh LEVALLEY and SAMUEL Lerne., Ql'r., c'tizens of the United* States, residing et lliilwair kee, in the county oi ltilwfiulieennd .5t-ete of lllisconsin, .have ii'lvenccd cert-iin new and useful improvements i io Delivering Concreto and oir which the following` is u This invention relates, i1 delivering mixed concrete und other teriel. A

ln the :iccoinponying drmvinfgs Figure l is 'ai side elevation of apparatus embodying` our iinproveme.

Fig. 2 is on end vieuv oi! me Fig. 3 is :i vertical lower end of the chute.

Referring to the drowings, designates a. track or overhead This is preferably formedlolf pair oi' porolled channel bars mounted edgewise so that the upper hongos und the lower llanges e. second tro-slt, these two being thus disposed in vertical planes preferably one directly above the other.

3 represents o Currier for they meterlo which is preferably." in th if irni o. bue having doorsl controlhi enin through which the nmterinl i i u the movements of the doors being pre7^ ably controlled automatically.

LS. ezppztrutusl. section tnrougn the The oucle is suspended from o \\"he,ed corriuge traveling upon one of the treclts of overhead supportr fthut 'toi-ined oy the lower pair ot 7 in the orrengeinent illustrated in the, drawings, The bucket or Currier 3 `muy he moved bock und forth alongT the Way 2 by any suitable means, typined by the cable 6.

7 designates a trolley errungen to travel upon thc upper port of the truck lroin this trolley is suspended, hy links 8., :i chute l0. The chute is provided et its upper end with o hopper 9 that receives the materiel froni the ,errier 3 und de ivers to the trunl: or conveyer portion ot the chute. The hopper is preferably provided with e. parir oi1 side plates ll, to which the links ure connected, arranged parallel with the truck il. lt is supported .tu such i' belonthe path of the ceri-ier or bucket 3 that the latter inoy be easily passed over it to discharge its contents thereinto. The side plates lf2 of theihopper extend, however, seine distance alcove the bottom of the bucket und constitute e passage open" at each endthrough which the 'bucket may be freely passed. This arrangement permits the bucket to :approach the'hopper of the chute from eithe.- direction, or to enter it troni one direction, come to rest over the hopper and discharge its lood, und then pass along in the seine direction.

The chute l() formed of e series of sections preferably tubular in shape .and telcscoping one into the other at their ends, thus permitting the chute to be built lup so :is to he oi' :inv length. The upper section ol the chute connected With 'che hopper, ond the sections with each other, by ineens ot short chains ll that engage With hooks 13 secured respectively to the hopper 'und to the chute sections near the ends of' the hitter.

lllhile the chute 'l0 may deliver' directly to the places Where the concrete is to be used. it usually desirable or necessary to employ fi spout adopted to divert the metcrial laterally to which the chute delivers. This .spout ,is preferably formed of a series ot sections 16 pivot-olly connected with each other represented ot 15 :ind united with the chute so as tol be free to swivel or swing horizontally relative thereto.l ot the spout ere of open trough shape and tie inner or upper oneis provided with :in elbow section 17. This is of considerably larger diiuneter than is the chute l() so that the lower end o1c the latter lits freely into the seid elbow :is represented in the drawings. The spout muy he supported from the chute by chains in the some ma'nnr that the sections of the spout are supported one from the other. lllf've prefer, however, to unite these parts by a flexible swivel connection 18 disposed on the line of the longitudinal axis ot the chute, which permits the spout to he easily turned in any direction desired.

The spout sections are arranged so 'that extended es represented in full lines,

."f. 1r, they' forni e comparatively rigid The sections'.

, verably the ends to a structure. To insure this we prefer to arrange each succeeding or lower section so j and in position for use. ln order to sustain the spout in the desired inclined position :for use we employ guys 20 secured at their lower ends to one of the spout sections, prefupper one, and at their upper hook 21 adapted to engage with a ring 22 secured to the lower section of thev chute. This arrangement permits an adjustment of the connection of the guys 'with their upper support-thc ring 22e,

corresponding with the angular adjustment which 'may be given to the spout.

When the apparatus is to be shifted or adjusted the lower sections of the spout may be folded up indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l and allowed to rest against the guys 20.

It has beenl found that where concrete is delivered through a vertically7 disposed chute, particularly when the latter is long, there is a tendency for the ingredients of the aggregate of the concrete to separate, the coarser material, such as broken rock, tend ing tomove more rapidly through the spout than do the finer materials.

lIn order to overcome this tendency and to. insure a constant remixing of the ingredients as they pass through the chute, as well as to retard the speed. at which the concrete Hows through the chute, we provide the latter withl a series of oppositcly inclined baiiie platesI 23, arranged in staggered relation to each other, that is, successively one above the other and secured alternately to ,bpposite sides of the chute. The result of this arrangement is that the concrete arrives atifthe spout in as complete mixed a condition/fas it was when delivered to the hopper 9i.`

An arrangement such as we have shown has many desirable features. rThe chute is easily adjustable from place to place along the track or way 2, which track serves also as the support for the delivery buckets or carriersl Material may be delivered to the chute from either direction and indeed 'may be fed from both directions, separate buckets approaching it from opposite directions and delivering thereto alternately. lt

will be seen that the supports for the chutes are so arranged that they straddle the carrier or bucket 3 when in position to deliver to the chute, the bucket passing freely between the links 8 as well as between'the side plates 12.

The two tracks upon which are respectively supported the chute and the traversing bucket or carrier are preferably `con Leccese ter-minous and parallel, thus enabling the chute to be adjusted to any position along the track desired and permitting the bucket or carrier to deliver thercto whatever be its position.

In the drawings 28 indicates a form to which the concrete is inally delivered.

What we claim is l. In apparatus for delivering material, a pair of tracks one vertically directly above the other, a traversing carrier suspended from the lower track along which it is free to move, a chute to which such carrier de-v which it is free to move, and a chute to which the carrier delivers suspended from the upper track and freely movable along the same, the suspending means for the chute being adapted to straddle'the carrier when the latter is in position to deliver to the chute.

8. In apparatus for delivering material, the combination of a structure having two tracks one higher than the other, a trolley movable along the higher track, a chute having a hopper at its upper end and side plates extendingupward from'two sides of the hopper suspendedfrom the said trolley, and a carrier suspended from and movable along the lower track arranged to pass between the side plates of the chute and also between the means by which the chute is suspended from the upper'track."

4. In apparatus for delivering material, a vertically disposed chute, a lateral delivering spout into which the chute discharges, means pivotally uniting the upper end of the spout with the lower end of the chute arranged to permit the spout to be freely turned about the chute, guys for sustaining the spout in working positions eX- tending laterally away from the chute, and

of the svpoutand the lower end of the chute, tained in Whatever position relative to tlie onstructed to permit the spout to be freely chute it may be adiusted. v

turned relative 'to the chute as about a verti- CHRISTOPHER W. LEVALLEY. cal axis, a ring supported by the chute, and SAMUEL SHAFER, JRL

' 5 guys counectedwith the spout and having Witnesses:

,at their `upper ends means for hooking over f CLIFFORD F. MESBINGER,

the said r1ngi-Whereloy the' spout may be sus- JAMES W. BROWN. 

